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From: Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>
To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com>
Cc: ac131313@cygnus.com, msnyder@cygnus.com, cagney@cygnus.com,
	gdb-patches@sourceware.cygnus.com, kettenis@wins.uva.nl
Subject: Re: [RFA] Testsuite addition for x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM fix
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:41:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B3B8870.7AA9A658@apple.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200106281927.MAA29407@stanley.cygnus.com>

Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> 
> Michael Snyder writes:
> > 2) Do the gnu coding standards apply to testsuite source files?
> > If so, "callee()" should be replaced by "callee ()".
> 
> I recall seeing somewhere that the testsuite programs should come in
> a variety of styles, because gcc and gdb should work on all legal
> programs, not just those written to the GNU coding standards.
> 
> I don't have a reference though.

I suggested this a couple years ago, probably around the time of
the Big Reformat. :-)  The theory was to not force the testsuite
to be a "monoculture" of code all in the same style, on the off
chance that maybe someday we'll catch a source listing or line
number bug that would not be noticed in GNU-formatted code.

Stan


       reply	other threads:[~2001-06-28 12:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200106281927.MAA29407@stanley.cygnus.com>
2001-06-28 12:41 ` Stan Shebs [this message]
2001-06-28 13:02 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
     [not found] <200005192321.e4JNLEv13368@delius.kettenis.local>
2001-06-27 22:22 ` Andrew Cagney
2001-06-28 10:54   ` Michael Snyder
2001-07-09 14:21   ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-09 14:34     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
     [not found]       ` <3B4A2C7C.85C688C4@cygnus.com>
2001-07-09 15:17         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2001-07-09 15:28           ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-25 16:11         ` Michael Snyder
2001-07-25 16:45           ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-25 18:48             ` Andrew Cagney
2001-07-26  7:14               ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-26  7:44                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2001-07-26  7:51                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2001-07-26  8:18                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2001-07-26  8:48                   ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-26  8:56                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2001-07-26 10:21                       ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-26 10:38                         ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-26 10:06                     ` Andrew Cagney
2001-07-26 10:24                       ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-26 10:45                         ` Andrew Cagney
2001-07-26 10:54                           ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-26  6:10             ` Michael Snyder
2001-07-26  7:14               ` Fernando Nasser
2001-07-26  7:45                 ` Michael Snyder
2001-07-26  7:51                   ` Fernando Nasser

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